Untimely Futures
In Oakland, California, when it comes to Black homelessness and dispossession, dystopia is already here.
In Oakland, California, when it comes to Black homelessness and dispossession, dystopia is already here.
Carina Chocanohelsea Edgar Places Journal Nov 2021 40min Permalink
Fighting the romanticism of owning a home in one of the nation’s most competitive housing markets.
Lydia Kiesling The Millions Jan 2016 10min Permalink
Tens of thousands of California’s poorest tenants have endured dangerous conditions in housing run by a single company: PAMA Management.
Aaron Mendelson LAist Feb 2020 45min Permalink
There are two different tales we tell ourselves about houses. The primary story is not about ghosts or demons or red rooms or ghouls, but rather about bright futures, long lives, children, grandchildren, and hard-earned success. The second story, the darker story, is about the horror of being trapped.
Katy Kelleher Curbed Nov 2019 20min Permalink
National developers are behind the proliferation of luxury apartments near college campuses, and they’re driving low-income students farther away.
Ali Breland Bloomberg Businessweek Aug 2019 10min Permalink
A Native American family’s fight for housing security in the city and on the reservation.
Julian Brave NoiseCat High Country News Feb 2018 20min Permalink
A new breed of real estate investor is destroying America’s cities.
Rachel Monroe The New Republic Sep 2017 10min Permalink
An eviction notice causes a grotesque chain of events.
"Imogene grunted as she lifted the sledgehammer and again brought it down. She missed the knob and graced the door, taking some of the siding off it. She bent down and thrust the hammer at the spot. The wood gave away."
Garret Schuelke Revolution John Jul 2015 10min Permalink
Rethinking mobile homes as senior housing.
Lisa Margonelli Pacific Standard Apr 2013 20min Permalink
A fiction writer buys and loses a house in Oakland.
Aimee Phan Guernica Mar 2012 15min Permalink
What a century and a half of piled-up housing reveals about New Yorkers.
Justin Davidson New York Apr 2011 15min Permalink